Sentences with phrase «says residents of the area»

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As 1 World Trade Center starts to claim a place on the Lower Manhattan skyline, the area's retail scene is beginning to revive, with landlords raising rents in anticipation of thousands of new office workers, tourists and residents, commercial real estate experts said.

Let's get real about Silicon Valley for a minute: The cost of living in the area is, shall we say, brutal on the resident wallet.

As residents have poured out of rebel districts, including into areas under government control, the army has begun making arrests, Zughbi said.

'' [Bush's] big areas of focus have always been on education and refocusing people on opportunities, no matter what income bracket they are born into,» says Stan Veuger, resident economist for the conservative American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.

The federal government has called on businesses, local and state governments, and residents of the tourist areas to help fund the program, and the rule of law and political institutions still need to be strengthened, said de la Madrid.

«Nobody should go to God with such darkness,» said a resident in the Acibadem area of Istanbul, where officials and newspapers said Karabekir shot dead a local administrator as he and a group of soldiers tried to seize a building.

The company said it's aiming for a metropolitan area of at least 1 million residents, opening up, theoretically, a few dozen cities in the U.S., from New York to Tucson, Ariz., and a handful more in Canada.

«In terms of the percentage increase for [Universal] compared to other insurers, we can not speak to other insurers» situations but an important consideration is that [Universal] has continued to serve the residents of South Florida by consistently writing policies in that area,» Miller said in an email statement.

And those views appear to feed the rural - urban divide: A 56 percent majority of rural residents says the federal government does more to help people living in and around large cities, while 37 percent feel they treat both urban and rural areas equally.

Despite the new options, some residents say the area still lags far behind most of Austin in business and shopping options.

«The pace of new retail development, including restaurants, will be very dynamic in the coming years as the underlying demographics of the South Shore area and East Austin change with 3,000 to 5,000 new residents in the projects already underway and planned in the near future,» Grayco Partners founder and President Jeff Gray said.

Area residents say they heard a flurry of shots overnight near the scene of a death investigation that started Tuesday morning.

«The residents of all locations seem to be generally aware of the current economic conditions in their area, with the perceived «need» of landing Amazon higher amongst locations with unemployment rates above the national average,» said Sheridan from Elon's Love School of Business.

Detective Constable Paul Wigley has said: «These crimes are distasteful and upsetting to residents of these areas.

Yet two surveys of community residents in the three - county archdiocese area (one in 1972 and one in 1996) reveal a very stable Roman Catholic population and a stable proportion of Catholics who say they attended church.

«It also was a big deal for Paris,» he says, noting that he personally spent much of his time speaking to the residents and officials in the area.

Jeremy said, «Community is of utmost importance to me and I am proud to open a fun, community social gathering place that I believe area residents will enjoy.»

After seeing Houston multimillionaire Joel Osteen ripped apart on Twitter for a failure to open up his mega-church to displaced residents — a stance he eventually relented from after said ripping — it's comforting to see someone in the area with money do something with it to help the victims of Harvey without having to be screamed at first.

«For about 39 hours people in our area were subjected to noise that was disturbing,» said Richard Ward, president of the New Eastside Association of Residents.

«I was in an area where you can see a lot of seals, but they can be skittish,» the 32 - year - old Melrose resident said.

Trustee William Carlson, who lives on Parkside Circle, expressed numerous concerns about the proposed site, and said that he is worried about the well - being of residents living in that area who have invested «half their lives into their homes.»

The park, to be called West Side Park, will provide open space and recreation areas for a number of residents in newly developed areas in the village, officials said.

Responding to another resident's question about whether the dog park would increase the number of coyotes — estimated at six — frequenting the area in the morning, Connolly said, «My guess is the coyotes won't want to be near there.»

«There «s been 13 years of status quo in that area, and we have residents of the Glenview Park District there who are n`t too pleased «about the legal challenge, said Richard E. Johns, general superintendent of the Glenview parks.

George Boulet, chairman of the agency, said residents living along the shore have told him the muck is about a foot thick in some areas and spreading.

Residents of the west side will have a new recreation area to see them through the beginning of the next century, officials said.

A new band shell would offer residents improved lighting and sound and much - needed restrooms and concession areas, said John Muno, the district «s director of recreation.

The plan by the Park District, North Park University and area aldermen to convert the space into a $ 1.8 million regulation - size soccer field and eight - lane track threatens the quality of life in the densely populated neighborhood, residents said.

Nearby homeowner Warren Breslin said he had sent letters to 400 residents of the area and had gotten 162 responses, all but nine of them opposed to the park plans.

Park District director Jerry Handlon said the agency will immediately post no - cycling signs at the natural area's three entrances informing residents of the ordinance change, which formally will take effect Oct. 21.

Using flood - control funds, the county has proposed increasing the wetland areas at the park at the expense of lagoons and open space that residents say now are used for recreational purposes.

Schaumburg police Sgt. Ron Dutner said residents analyzing a printout of all police calls in the natural area found that the number of criminal incidents had risen about 30 percent during the last two years.

Adebowale Akinsanya, said it was dangerous for residents to besiege the dry area as the flow of the river was still active beneath.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente said residents need to be aware of the health hazards posed by possible raw sewage in the water flooding many basements after touring flood damaged areas of Whitesboro.

He also said he would like to see a system in - place so 80 percent of the area will be reserved to the residents of the local community.

«As a Buffalo - area resident, I am grateful that our state's leadership is determined to keep guns from the hands of those who are dangerous to others or themselves,» said Paul McQuillen, Upstate Coordinator for New Yorkers Against Gun Violence.

Malliotakis also touched on familiar criticisms of Mayor de Blasio, saying that he «ties the hands of law enforcement» and ignores the will of City residents in areas such as his plan to build 90 shelters for the homeless and his newly adopted goal of replacing Rikers Island with jails throughout the City.

Residents said that some hoodlums were fomenting trouble in the area when personnel of the NSCDC in the state were called in to quell the violence.

'' Our men have been patrolling the area very often, we will also appreciate it if the residents of the area can be informing us about the activities of the hoodlums in the said premises.»

He therefore pleaded with residents of Mubi to bear with the government, saying that as soon as peace returns to the area, the curfew will be lifted.

«The inherent concept was to empower East Harlem residents and provide easier access to jobs in the area,» said Phil Weinberg, Chief Executive Officer of STRIVE.

Oneida County officials say the area was submerged in as much as half a foot of rain over the weekend, and residents are still cleaning up.

«My goal is to make sure that they're done properly and to make sure that they have a positive effect on the downtown area and the residents of Harrison and also on the businesses downtown,» he said.

«All of us have been touched by somebody who's gotten cancer and the residents of this area will now be helping other families survive that experience,» said Assemblyman Andrew Goodell, R - Jamestown.

He noted that his mother, like many seniors in the area, was a regular shopper at the store, and said its closure would create a dangerous vacuum for the many older residents for whom it was the chief local source of fresh, affordable groceries.

«The Manorville area was hit by two large wildfires in April, one of which destroyed homes and displaced residents,» said Legislator Romaine.

«Connecting job - seekers with employment opportunities in their communities is one of our administration's top priorities, and opening this new office in the Bronx is a great way to match even more of the area's residents with companies that are looking to hire,» Governor Cuomo said.

County Board of Legislators Chair Harry McManus (Area 1) said that the legislature has been speaking with residents and town boards to see if they have an appointment in mind, per the local law.

The evacuation order for Manorville residents south of Route 25, east of Wading River Manor Road and west of Edwards Avenue was lifted about 6:30 p.m. and the Long Island Power Authority restored power to the area, officials said.

«This legislation requires Suffolk County residents to get safety certification but not people from outside of the area,» Mr. Galasso said.